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Changes:

The material in this document is for information only and subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have been 

made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, Other World Computing assumes no liability resulting from errors or 

omissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. Other World Computing reserves the right to make 

changes or revisions in the product design or the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of 

such revisions and changes.

FCC Statement:

Warning! Modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void the user’s authority to operate this device.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC 

Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in 

a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in 

accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference with radio communications. Operation of this equipment in 

a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own 

expense.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC 

Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equip-

ment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may 

cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular 

installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference with radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning 

the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: 

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

Health And Safety Precautions:

• Use proper anti-static precautions while performing the installation of your hard drives into this drive enclosure. Failure to do so can 

cause damage to your drive mechanisms, and / or the hard drive enclosure.

• Read this User’s Guide carefully, and follow the correct procedure when setting up the device.

• Do not open your hard drive or attempt to disassemble or modify it. Never insert any metallic object into the drive to avoid any risk 

of electrical shock, fire, short-circuiting or dangerous emissions. Your hard drive contains no user-serviceable parts. If it appears to be 

malfunctioning, have it inspected by a qualified Other World Computing Technical Support representative.

• Never expose your device to rain, or use it near water, or in damp or wet conditions. Never place objects containing liquids on the 

drive, as they may spill into its openings. Doing so increases the risk of electrical shock, short-circuiting, fire or personal injury.

General Use Precautions:

• Do not expose the enclosure to temperatures outside the range of 5° C to 40° C (41° F to 104° F). Doing so may damage the drive 

or disfigure its casing. Avoid placing your drive near a source of heat or exposing it to sunlight (even through a window). Conversely, 

placing your drive in an environment that is too cold or humid may damage the unit.

• Always unplug the hard drive from the electrical outlet if there is a risk of lightning or if it will be unused for an extended period of 

time. Otherwise, there is an increased risk of electrical shock, short-circuiting or fire.

• Use only the power supply shipped with the device.

• Do not use the hard drive near other electrical appliances such as televisions, radios or speakers. Doing so may cause interference 

which will adversely affect the operation of the other products.

• Do not place the drive near sources of magnetic interference, such as computer displays, televisions or speakers. Magnetic interfer-

ence can affect the operation and stability of your hard drive.

• Do not place heavy objects on top of the drive.

• If you detect a problem, consult the Troubleshooting section in this manual.

• Protect your hard drive from excessive exposure to dust during use or storage. Dust can build up inside the device, increasing the 

risk of damage or malfunction.

• Other World Computing recommends the use of normal glass cleaning products to keep the high lustre finish at its finest with this 

product. Be sure not to get any moisture inside the holes and if you do, allow time to air dry before use.

 • Do not block the ventilation outlets on the rear of the drive. These help to keep your drive cool during operation. Blocking the 

ventilation outlets may cause damage to your drive and cause an increased risk of short-circuiting or fire.

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Summary of Contents for Mercury Rack Pro mini-SAS

Page 1: ...User Guide Owners Manual...

Page 2: ......

Page 3: ...ith Striping RAID 10 1 6 6 Disk Striping with Dedicated Parity RAID 3 1 6 6 Disk Striping with Distributed Parity RAID 5 1 6 7 Clear RAID Mode 2 SYSTEM SETUP 5 APPENDIX 6 CUSTOMER SERVICE 6 1 BEFORE C...

Page 4: ...or SAS drives 1 5Gb s 3 0Gb s or 6 0Gb s 40GB 3 0TB per HDD Drives of identical capacity model are required for RAID configurations 1 2 Package Contents OWC Mercury Rack Pro mini SAS Chapter 1 Introdu...

Page 5: ...roperly for your country 3 Connect your external mini SAS cable to your external mini SAS controller card neither are included 1 4 Rear View Cable Connections 1 5 Front View LED Indicators Each drive...

Page 6: ...based on the smallest capacity total of the drives used in the RAID set Used when speed is the primary objective but RAID Level 0 also called striping is not redundant This array splits each piece of...

Page 7: ...1 disk Very fast performance can be achieved with RAID 3 1 6 6 Disk Striping with distributed parity RAID 5 The drives show up as one volume but the total capacity depending on the drive with the smal...

Page 8: ...Slide the drive all the way into the drive bay It will fit flush with the aluminum frame 4 Repeat the previous steps for each hard drive you are installing NOTE Be careful to not damage any components...

Page 9: ...if one drive fails and your controller card s RAID mode is not set to a mode with redundancy data will be lost 1 Check the Drive LED and replace the faulty drive The red LED indicates the defective ha...

Page 10: ...tions and notes when using your external storage device Do not expose the product to water or humid conditions Do not cover the enclosure s ventilation holes Before connecting the device to your compu...

Page 11: ...d attaching the included rubber feet to the enclosure To remove the rack pulls simply remove the 4 Phillips screws on the side of the rack and the rack pull will come off Once you have removed the rac...

Page 12: ...Click on the Initialize button Select the device with no volumes attached to it in this picture that would be the 4 TB OWC device Click on the picture of the drive icon next to the text IMPORTANT NOTE...

Page 13: ...You then need to choose how many partitions you wish your OWC Mercury Rack Pro to have For ease of use we re selecting one partition here but of course you could select more if you wish to have multip...

Page 14: ...ch volume if you selected multiple partitions Click Apply to finish After a few moments partitioning will complete and the OWC Mercury Rack Pro volume will mount on your desktop You can quit Disk Util...

Page 15: ...gured solution from OWC it comes preformatted using the Mac OS HFS file system on a GUID drive partition Unfortunately this is not readable by Windows without special software If you wish to use your...

Page 16: ...and Convert Disk Wizard window should appear If the Wizard does not appear expand the Storage menu by clicking on the plus sign Then right click next to the disk number of the drive that you have jus...

Page 17: ...r right reads as Unallo cated Right click in this space and choose New Partition The New Partition Wizard will launch Click Next to continue Specify your partition type as Primary and click Next The w...

Page 18: ...stems running Windows 2000 or later it is advisable to specify the file system as NTFS Leave the Allocation unit size as Default and feel free to give the drive whatever name you prefer Be sure to che...

Page 19: ...rmatting wizard you will see that your new drive repre sented as Disk E in this case will display a message of For matting This should only take a couple of minutes if you chose the quick format op ti...

Page 20: ...isk you pop into your com puter MacDrive even puts an apple icon on the Mac disk just to keep things clear You can access files on the Mac disk just like you would with a Windows formatted disk Open f...

Page 21: ...of the hard drives 4 2 Tips To properly dismount any connected drives from your computer you need to follow a few simple steps For Macintosh systems There are two methods to umount disks with Macinto...

Page 22: ...e data being lost For RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 5 and RAID 10 the failure of two or more hard drives at the same time will mean that data cannot be recovered Q Will the hard drives spin down when my computer...

Page 23: ...operating system you are using Which kind and model of computer you are using All of this will help speed your support contact along 8AM 10PM CST Monday Friday 9AM 4PM CST Saturday By Telephone 800 2...

Page 24: ...receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Health And Safety Precautions Use proper anti static precautions while performing the i...

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